Can-opener



(No Model.)

0. W. GAREY.

CAN OPENER,

No. 594,469. Patented Nov. 30,1897.

Hdiigesses NITE STATES CHARLES WV. GAREY, OF

BERLIN, PENNSYLVANIA.

CAN-OPEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 594,469, dated November30, 1897.

Application filed March 26, 1897.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES W. GAREY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Berlin, in the county of Somerset and State of Pennsylvania,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Can Openers, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in canopeners, and hasfor its object to provide a device of this character of a simple andinexpensive nature and of a strong and durable construction which isespecially adapted for use in opening cans in a more convenient mannerthan is possible by means of other similar devices heretofore employed.

The invention consists in certain novel features of the construction,combination, and arrangement of the various parts of the improvedcan-opener, whereby certain important advantages are obtained and thedevice is made simpler, cheaper, and otherwise better adapted and moreconvenient for use, all as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

The novel features of the invention will be carefully defined in theclaim.

In order that my invention may be the bette understood, I have shown inthe accompanying drawings a can-opener constructed in accordancetherewith, in which drawings- Figure 1 is a perspective view showing theimproved can-opener. Fig. 2 is atransverse section taken through thecan-opener and showingthe form and arrangement of the cutter andguide-arms thereof. Fig. 3 is a plan View of the can-opener, showing thearrangement of the guide-arms of the cutter.

As shown in the views, the improved canopener is formed with a handle 1,of wood or other material, having a ferrule 2,wherein is secured a shank3, formed of a metal rod or bar of rounded or circular cross-section,having at its extremity a downwardly-bent portion 4:, from which extendsa rounded spur or prong 5 in line with the axis of the baror rod 3, butin a plane below the same, said spur or prong 5 being adapted to beforced through the can to be opened at the central part of the headthereof, so as to form a fulcrum Whereon the shank 3 of the can-openerswings.

The can-opener is provided with a cutter6,

of V shape, having its opposite edges beveled Serial No. 629,416. (Nomodel.)

ing down at right angles to the shank, and

said cutter 6 is carried on a block 7, formed surface of the bar or rodof which the shank 3 is formed, so as to produce atits upper end asquared head, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, said head being adapted to bestruck with a hammer or other device in order to force the blade 6through the can in case said can should be of a thickness to require it.

In order to guide the cutter 6 as the shank is swung upon its fulcrum atthe center of the can, I provide the block 7 with oppositelyarrangedarms 8, projecting beyond opposite sides of said block and having theirextremities arranged to project slightly down below the under side ofthe same, as shown in the drawings,the extremities of said arms 8 being,as seen in Fig. 3, made rounded upon their under sides, so as to permitthem to be readily moved over the surface of the can to be opened.

In operation the prong or spur 5 at the extremity of the shank 3 isforced through the central part of the can-head, after which the pointof the cutter 6 is pressed through the canhea d, or, if the head be ofunusual thickness,the squared upper end of the block 7 will be struckwith a hammer or other article, so as to force said cutter through thecan-head, after which the shank will be swung pivotally upon its prongor spur 5 as a fulcrum, so as to cause the cutting edge of the cutter topass through the can-head and shear a circular opening in the same, aswill be readily understood.

From the above description it will be seen that my improved can-openeris of an extremely simple andinexpensive nature and is especiallyadapted for the purposes for which it is designed, and it will also beunderstood that the invention is capable of some modification withoutmaterial departure from its principles and spirit, and for this reason-Ido not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the precise form andarrangement of the parts herein shown. 7

Having thus described the invention,what

' I claim is block and depending below the rounded terminals of theguide-arms, as and for the purposes described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of'two witnesses.

CHARLES \V. GAREY.

Witnesses:

HENRY GAREY, H. O. RIEHL.

